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Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:08:11 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3Kommentar zu The wonderland of academic research @Aberystwyth University von Jesshttps://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/molecular-biosystems/de/2017/12/16/the-wonderland-of-academic-research-aberystwyth-university/#comment-105
Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:08:11 +0000http://wordpress.aber.ac.uk/molecular-biosystems/?p=248#comment-105Cool post!
I get the same – I get one of two conversations, depending on where I am.
At the Univerisity, I get the „I’m sorry, how do you pronounce your last name?“
Then at conferences (which tend to be a larger mix of people, some of whom are European and less staggered by a long German name), I get the „From Aber… erm, I’m sorry, how do you say that?“

My go to thing to explain how to say Aberystwyth is:
Aber – like Abba the band,
ryst – like wrist
wyth – like with, but softer th sound.

But I totally agree, it doesn’t matter where you come from or what you do, if you can make your project understandable, relatable to some extent, and you do all of this with a smile on your face and a spring in your step, then I think people generally will respect you and what you are representing.